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Connectingthemini-SAStoPCIesignalcablefromthesystemboardtotheAnyRAID
adapter
ThistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthatsupportoneofthefollowingAnyRAIDadapters:
•LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapter
•LenovoThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapter
•LenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter
Toconnectthemini-SAStoPCIesignalcable(hereinafterreferredtoastheYcable)fromthesystem
boardtotheAnyRAIDadapter,dothefollowing:
1.UseoneYcable.Connectthedual-inconnectorsononeendoftheYcabletothePCI-E0connector
andthePCI-E1connectorontheAnyRAIDadapter.
2.ConnectthesingleconnectorontheotherendoftheYcabletotheAnyRAIDconnector1–2onthe
systemboard.
Tolocatetheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage17.
ConnectingtheI2CtoI2Csignalcableandmini-SAStoPCIesignalcablesforserver
modelssupportinguptothirty-two2.5-inchdrives
TwoLenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdaptersmustbeinstalledonservermodelsthatsupport
uptothirty-two2.5-inchdrives.TheupperLenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapterisadapter0
andtheloweroneisadapter1.
ToconnecttheI2CtoI2Csignalcableandtwomini-SAStoPCIesignalcables(hereinafterreferredtoas
theYcable),dothefollowing:
1.PreparetheI2CtoI2CsignalcableandtwoYcables.
2.ConnectoneYcablefromthesystemboardtoadapter1.See“Connectingthemini-SAStoPCIesignal
cablefromthesystemboardtotheAnyRAIDadapter”onpage45.
3.InstallthePCIEinterposercardintothePCIecardslot3onthesystemboard.
Figure29.InstallingthePCIEinterposercard
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